Large and Important Staffordshire Figure of Shakespeare

England 1810-1825, attributed to Enoch Wood, lead glazed earthenware painted in overglaze enamels, modeled leaning against a marbled pedestal molded with the busts of former monarchs, with the left hand he points to a document signed "Shakespeare" at the lower edge.
17 1/2 in.
Apparently modeled after the marble monument of Shakespeare erected in 1740 in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey. A similar figure is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Restoration to the triangular left of the document, pointing finger, left upper edge of the pedestal, and several spots on the cloak's edge; some paint flakes especially at the shoes; cloak and pedestal are likely repainted from the original.